1st Edition

The Cultural Politics of Female Sexuality in South Africa

By Henriette Gunkel Copyright 2010
196 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations and cultural authenticity into the focus of the nation state’s politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and intimacy and on the country more generally. While in... Read more

Introduction  1. ‘Homosexuality is Un-African’: Unfolding the Colonial Legacy within Post-Apartheid Homophobia  2. Is Pink Really White in South Africa? Reflections on Discourses of Homosexuality in the Post/Apartheid State  3. Homosociality and the Technologies of Homophobia  4. ‘I Didn’t Think of It as Lesbian’: Mapping out Intimacy and Homo/Sociality  5. Aftermath

Biography

Henriette Gunkel is post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, South Africa.